OBJECTIVES Australian Aboriginal children experience earlier, more frequent and more severe otitis media, particularly in remote communities, than non-Aboriginal children.
Banks, Emily +6 more
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Quantitative PCR of ear discharge from Indigenous Australian children with acute otitis media with perforation supports a role for Alloiococcus otitidis as a secondary pathogen [PDF]
Otitis media is endemic in remote Indigenous communities of Australia’s Northern Territory. Alloiococcus otitidis is an outer ear commensal and putative middle ear pathogen that has not previously been described in acute otitis media (AOM) in this ...
A Harimaya +52 more
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The rational therapy of ear infections [PDF]
"The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important than those of blindness. Deafness is a much worse misfortune, for it means the loss of the most vital stimulus - the sound of voice - that brings language, sets thoughts ...
Attard, Yvette
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Study of Effect of Household Parental Smoking on Development of Acute Otitis Media in Children Under 12 Years. [PDF]
BACKGROUND & AIM High prevalence of acute otitis media (AOM) in children represents a combination of the factors developing eustachian tube dysfunction and higher susceptibility to upper respiratory tract infections in children.
Amani, Soroush., Yarmohammadi, Parastoo.
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Hearing health outreach services to Indigenous children and young people in the Northern Territory 2012–13 and 2013–14 [PDF]
Presents analyses on hearing health outreach services provided to Indigenous children and young people in the Northern Territory. Summary This report presents information on ear and hearing outreach services funded by the Department of Health and ...
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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Labyrinthine fístulae in chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma [PDF]
The chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma (COMC) may evoluate to intracranial and extra cranial complications, including the labyrithine fístulae. In this study, we present the evolution of our patients with labyrinthine fístulae.
Abreu, Carlos E.c. +5 more
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The urgency of otogenic intracranial complications in modern otolaryngology is connected with difficulties of the early diagnostics, severe course of the disease and rather high percentage of fatalities. All of that defines practical value of the matters
E. V. Bayke
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Epidemiology of Intratemporal Complications of Otitis Media [PDF]
IntroductionDespite the advent of antibiotics and immunizations in the last century, complications of otitis media remain quite frequent, have high morbidity and mortality rates, and pose a challenge to the otorhinolaryngologist.
Andrade, José Santos Cruz de [UNIFESP] +4 more
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Aggressive Tuberculous Otitis Media in a Young Child
Objective: The aim of this report is to describe an aggressive case of tuberculous otitis media in a young child and emphasize that surgical intervention and histopathologic studies can be employed to immediately arrive at a definitive diagnosis ...
Laurice Ann B. Canta +2 more
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A defect in early myogenesis causes Otitis media in two mouse models of 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome [PDF]
Otitis media (OM), the inflammation of the middle ear, is the most common disease and cause for surgery in infants worldwide. Chronic Otitis media with effusion (OME) often leads to conductive hearing loss and is a common feature of a number of ...
Baldini, A +3 more
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